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Dan Klass Totally Visited Bloviations

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Squeeee!
For zero seconds (according to StatCounter) Dan Klass, yes folks, that Dan Klass, visited Bloviations. He probably vomited shortly thereafter, but that’s the risk you take.
Hi, Dan, thank you for visiting!
The only thing better would be a visit by Wil Wheaton or Steve Clemons. (And how’s that for a set of extremes?)

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The Jacksonville Daily News: ENCBlogs Can’t be Found

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The ENCblogs.com page (which was really just an empty page promising something soon) is down. It’s not a big deal, except that the sub-domains are also down.
That means Lindell Kay’s Off the Cuff blog, Timmi Toler’s It’s a Toler Thing blog, and Jennifer Hlad’s From Afghanistan blog are all down as well.
Having recently experienced [...]

The Jacksonville Daily News: Lindell Kay and His Readers Respond

Monday, June 9th, 2008

…to my post (If you haven’t seen the comments there, you should take the time).
But, more importantly, you should read Kay’s direct response on his blog. Because, in that post, Kay has proven that he’s completely missed the point of my criticism of the Jacksonville Daily News.
Lindell thinks I take pleasure in pointing out the [...]

The Jacksonville Daily News: Revealing a Sex Crime Victim’s Name is Bad

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Lindell Kay at the Jacksonville Daily News made a terrible, terrible mistake: He identified the victim in a sex crime.
The online article has been edited and includes the following disclaimer:
Editor’s Note: Information that mistakenly appeared in the original version of this report has been removed.

But, unfortunately for the victim, there are (at least) tens-of-thousands [...]

Dan Klass’ The Bitterest Pill

Friday, May 30th, 2008

I’ve been a long-time listener of The Bitterest Pill. And, I’ve got to tell you, friends and neighbors, there’s not a more entertaining podcast around.
For those of you unfamiliar with The Pill, it’s Dan Klass’s podcast about life in Los Angeles, California. He talks about being a stay-at-home dad, sometimes writer (he worked with Michael [...]

What Happened to the People’s Think Tank?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

It’s been hard for me to stay active at BlueNC the last few months, but it’s become apparent that I’ve missed something.
Lou (a Friend of Charles Darwin and mine, I hope) posted about recent events that have caused him to pull away from NC’s premier progressive online community and that’s when I really took [...]

John Locke’s Locker Room is Full of Crap

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Since I’m a liberal, it’s probably no surprise that I’m not a fan of the John Locke Foundation (it’s NC’s version of The Heritage Foundation, or a group of right-wing free-market fundamentalists posing as “moderate-centrist-libertarians”). Their blog, Locker Room provides a perfect example of why with this post that compares American (and specifically Charlotte’s) light [...]

The Kind of American I want to be

Friday, March 14th, 2008

General Carlessness:
Normally I’d give a pathetic little sniffle and ask that you please stop calling me “un-American” or “anti-American,” but with the word “American” being used as such a nasty insult in some circles lately, I’m starting to think that perhaps I should lift my head proudly and thank you for the compliment.

Brava, Jennifer.
It seems [...]

Food Fight

Friday, March 14th, 2008

From Ze Frank. Watch it.

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Good luck, Patrick Keough

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Meet Pat.
See Pat run.
Run, Pat, run.

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